deter
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Latin dēterreōbor. English deter Borrowed from Latin dēterreō (“deter, discourage”), from de (“from”) + terreō (“to frighten”).
- borrowed from dēterreō
Definitions
To prevent something from happening.
To persuade someone not to do something
To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
- Their boss deterred them from both taking holidays at the same time, claiming he couldn't manage it all on his own.
- Such a male-dominated environment is also likely to contribute to the lingering presence of an outdated belief that expressing feelings and demonstrating emotion is a sign of weakness, deterring some men from discussing their problems.
To distract someone from something.
- we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise
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A surname from German.
The neighborhood
- neighbordeterrent
- neighbordeterrence
Derived
determent, deterrability, deterrable, deterrency, deterrer, nondeterred, undeterred, undeterring
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at deter. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at deter. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at deter
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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